Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

Seraphina spotted Valerio sitting at the table, working on a pile of art supplies. He

a smile, but he quickly looked down and started

back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always been

situation left her with no choice but to wait for Leandro. But

look at her but seemed to

are you drawing?” Seraphina asked as she picked up the assignment brief from the

the assignment was for the child to create a family album with the help of their parents, featuring a family portrait and individual pages for each family

working on the family portrait four identical stick figures, big

figures were supposed to represent Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was

Seraphina’s gaze, Valerio’s sketching became erratic.

kid. I haven’t drawn

pencil, and quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing

Bruce and Gloria for a moment before accepting the pencil from her and copying her style to draw Leandro. Despite his lack

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resembled Leandro.

averted her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the paper, “Now it’s

pencil, his brows furrowed in deep thought,

pencil from him,

was truly beautiful, with flawless skin, dark

with her long eyelashes casting a shadow on

patted his chin and said with a smile, “You’re such a looker, why are you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How do you expect them to approach you if you